Chapter 361 How dare you slander the Prince of Langya here?
Shen Ruzhi's shout from above instantly removed her and Jiang Wanning from the list.
"Where's the shopkeeper? Why isn't he here yet?"
Shen Ruzhi shouted loudly. The shopkeeper, who was hiding behind, realized that he could not avoid it, so he hurriedly stepped forward and apologized with a smile, "Your Highness, Miss Shen, I'm sorry."
"I'll have someone go and talk to those two customers inside."
"Also, Qin Yasu said she was going out for a bit, saying she was going to get you a dish, but she hasn't come back yet. What's going on?"
The shopkeeper looked completely bewildered. Seeing everyone's curious gazes, he immediately denied it guiltily, "What Miss Qin? I don't know her."
“Miss Shen, I certainly know you and the Princess Consort. You introduced yourself when you were ordering. But this Miss Qin, I really don’t know her.”
"I've never seen it before either."
"That's Qin Yasu, the daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue. She's now a concubine in the Prince's mansion."
"Still a concubine."
"Today, knowing that I was coming here with the Princess, she insisted on coming along, saying that she had long wanted to try the dishes at your restaurant."
"The princess was so kind as to not only bring the person along, but also allow her to order her own food. But why did this person never come back?"
Shen Ruzhi deliberately raised her voice, "Shopkeeper, let me tell you, this Qin Yasu is now a concubine bestowed upon the prince by His Majesty."
"If anything happens in your restaurant, you can't afford the responsibility."
The shopkeeper was so frightened that he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He had searched many times, but he still couldn't find this Miss Qin.
But for now, it's best to distance myself from this situation, since the little money Qin Yasu gave me isn't enough to put my life at risk.
Qin Yasu wasn't her true master. She couldn't understand why her master would send someone so stupid to frame the Princess of Langya.
If I'm not mistaken, the one shouting so loudly in the room is Qin Yasu.
“Miss Shen, you’re joking,” the manager said. “I’m just the manager of a small restaurant. I’m not a bodyguard, and I can’t possibly be following customers around like a shadow.”
"I really don't know where Miss Qin went."
Shen Ruzhi looked at the innkeeper's cunning face, but was not annoyed. "Fine, since that's the case, then I'll send people to search your restaurant."
Without waiting for the manager's agreement, Shen Ruzhi ordered her men to search the restaurant.
Seeing that Jiang Wan Ning did not stop them, the guards of the Prince's mansion dispersed to search the area, but after a cursory search, they said they found nothing.
"It seems this is the only room left," Shen Ruzhi said.
The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a fawning smile, "Miss Chen, Your Highness, how could Miss Qin possibly be in here?"
"Didn't you just say that Miss Qin is now a concubine in the Prince's mansion? Could it be that the Prince and his concubine made a special trip to my little restaurant..."
The shopkeeper didn't continue, but everyone understood what he meant.
"Don't you want your head? How dare you slander the Prince of Langya here?" Shen Ruzhi said angrily.
The shopkeeper immediately bowed, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. I was just saying what Miss Chen said."
"I told you to open the door!"
"this......"
“If there is some important person inside, I still have a family to support and I really can’t afford to offend them. Miss Shen, please don’t use your status to make things difficult for poor people like us.”
Shen Ruzhi was so angry that she laughed.
This shopkeeper is quite adept at turning the tables.
"Shopkeeper, please open the door. I will take full responsibility for anything that happens and it will not affect you at all," Jiang Wanning said.
She could have easily had the door broken open, but she wanted to make this matter as big as possible, and even if rumors were to be spread, they should spread in accordance with her wishes.
The shopkeeper was still hesitant.
Some onlookers on the first floor couldn't help but say, "Just open the door! The Princess Consort of Langya has already spoken, what are you afraid of?"
"Yes, maybe it really is Miss Qin inside. Everyone in the capital knows what kind of person Miss Qin is."
"You're right. If you ask me, His Majesty's bestowal of such a person upon the Prince of Langya is a deliberate act of humiliation."
One of them mustered up the courage to speak.
"You bastard, if you want to die, don't drag us down with you. We were just watching the show, how dare you talk about His Majesty in public!" someone cursed.
"What are you afraid of? Even if no one talks about this, don't you all think the same way?"
“I told you so.” The man was a little drunk. “His Majesty was wrong in this matter. The Prince of Langya is stationed on the frontier, and the Princess Consort has set up soup kitchens everywhere. Not only that, she also provides free medical care for us common people.”
"Such a good person, yet the Emperor insists on bestowing such a woman upon him as a concubine. Isn't this a disgrace?"
“I’ve already said it today, kill me if you want, I’m all alone anyway, I have no family.” The man became more and more angry as he spoke, “Besides, the taxes are getting higher and higher these days.”
"It's just that you have to pay a tax of fifty coins just to leave the city and come back in, something called a city gate tax."
This statement was met with agreement from everyone.
Once someone takes the lead, the others are no longer afraid, and everyone chimes in with their own opinions.
Shen Ruzhi asked quietly, "Ningning, was that person you arranged too?"
Jiang Wanning shook her head. "I didn't arrange for anyone to say these things."
"It seems that this is what the people want," Shen Ruzhi said.
Jiang Wan Ning looked up and suddenly saw a familiar face in the crowd, "Liu Zhuang?"
Liu Zhuang quickly lowered his head when he met Jiang Wan Ning's gaze.
"What Liu Zhuang?" Shen Ruzhi looked around.
"It's nothing. Do you remember the vendor I saved before? Later, I had him help out at a hot pot restaurant and he also worked at my maternal grandfather's house."
"Oh, you mean that one? What's wrong?"
“She’s right there.” Jiang Wan Ning slightly raised her chin.
Shen Ruzhi followed the gaze and indeed saw a man behaving strangely.
“It seems he arranged this person,” Jiang Wanning said. “Even if everyone is dissatisfied with His Majesty, few would dare to say it out loud.”
"Even if the prince and I have done so many things that benefit the people, how could it be such a coincidence?"
"You're right, but even though Liu Zhuang is doing this for your own good, isn't it harming that person? Besides, if he wanted to repay a debt of gratitude, why doesn't he say so himself?"
“He was afraid of implicating me and my maternal grandfather,” Jiang Wanning said. “I trust Liu Zhuang’s character.”
"I don't believe he would disregard other people's lives just to repay a debt of gratitude. I'll ask him about the reason later."
The customers downstairs chatted away, getting more and more excited as they talked.
"Shopkeeper, why won't you open the door?" someone shouted directly.
In contrast, Jiang Wan Ning was not in a hurry. The amount she gave the two of them was enough to last for another half an hour, but the two people inside the room couldn't stop even if they wanted to.
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